Golf tee



Aug. 18, 1936. J. E. MAIDEN, JR 2,051,734

7 GOLF TEE Filed April 16, 1935 Inventor C7. E. Maden,

Attorney am h" Patented Aug. 18, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF TEE James E. Maden, Jr., Delaware City, Del. Application April 16, 1935, Serial No. 16,712

1 Claim. (01. 27333) This invention relates to a golf tee, the general object of the invention being to provide a tee that can be sold at small cost and one which when hit by the club will bend over so that it will not deflect the swing of the club and will return toupright position after being disengaged by the club.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to 'be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tee.

Figure 2 is a view of the upper portion thereof showing how it supports a ball.

In this drawing the tee is shown at A and is formed of spring metal and is composed of the vertical part I and a substantially horizontal part 2 connected with the upper end of the part I and this part 2 is bowed downwardly to conform to the shape of a ball and has arms 3 connected with the side edges extending in opposite direction and these arms are also curved so that these parts 2 and 3 will firmly hold the ball as shown in Figure 2. The free end of the part 2 is pointed as shown at 4 to point in the direction the ball is driven.

The lower end of the part I is pointed as shown at 5 so that it can be readily pressed into the ground and I prefer to make the lower part of the member I with the recesses 6 in its edges and a longitudinally extending slot 1 so as to increase the resiliency of the device. I also prefer to make the part I as shown in Figure l, with the part below the recesses and slot wider than the rest of 5 part I.

As before stated when a ball is placed on the parts 2 and 3, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, and the ball struck by the club the device will bend and thus it will not leave the ground, as a 10 wooden tee and it will not interfere with the swing of the club. After the club has passed the device it will return to its normal upright position.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:-

A golf tee comprising an elongated member,- constructed of spring material, said elongated member being formed to provide an upstanding portion and a horizontally disposed upper portion, said vertical portion being pointed at its lower end, its upper horizontal portion being curved longitudinally and provided with arcuate-shaped arms extending laterally therefrom, said arcuateshaped lateral arms being curved upwardly and cooperating with the arcuate-shaped horizontal portion to define a golf ball support.

JAMES E. MADEN, JR. 

